ALARMING SUICIDE CASES IN KENYA AS BUTERE GIRLS STUDENT IS THE LATEST VICTIM

Grief engulfedĀ Butere Girls High School on Friday after a Form Three student allegedly committed suicide .

Her body was found dangling in the dormitory by students who were sitting an exam that morning.

The reason is not yet clear but reports indicate that a security team is at the school.

Last year, reports of students committing suicide were rampant particularly after the national exam results were released.

On December 22, a student who sat for the 2018 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination in Kisii allegedly committed suicide shortly after receiving his results.

The same day, a family in Kiserian, Kajiado County was thrown into mourning after their son reportedly committed suicide just moments before the KSCE results were released.

The previous month, another Form Four student in Mombasa was reported to have committed suicide shortly after he completed his last KCSE exam paper

In September 2018, police launched investigations following the death of a Form Two student who was reported to have committed suicide in Nyangao village, Rongo, Migori County.

Earlier in the year, police in Nyatike began to probe the death of a Form Three student who allegedly committed suicide in class using a neck tie

 

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Posted by Hosea Arap Lagat on Friday, 15 February 2019

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